“…Introduction 1.1. Background of the study Obstetric Danger Signs (ODS) can be de ned as warning signs that women encounter during pregnancy, childbirth, and post-partum period that indicate imminent or ongoing life-threatening events requiring quick intervention by skilled healthcare providers (Uwiringiyimana et al, 2022).Danger signs are not actual obstetric complications, but symptoms that can easily be identi ed by non-clinical personnel(M. Hailu et al, 2010). During pregnancy, these danger signs are vaginal bleeding, severe headache, blurred vision, convulsions, swollen hands, legs, or face, high fever, loss of consciousness, di culty breathing, severe body weakness, severe abdominal pain (false labor), and reduced fetal movement.…”